Founder Institute Fellowships

The Founder Institute offers a number of different Fellowships, providing opportunity for promising founders to launch a company in our startup accelerator program, free of charge.

See the list of Fellowships being offered for the Puerto Rico Summer 2014 Semester below, and be sure to apply by the Early Admissions Deadline of 2014-07-13 to be eligible for all fellowships.

The Female Founder Fellowship is awarded to the most extraordinary female applicant for each chapter, giving them the opportunity to enroll in the Founder Institute for free. The recipient will be recognized as a female with the utmost potential to become a successful technology entrepreneur.

The Founder Institute is committed to narrowing the gender gap in high tech startups. When we announced the Female Founder Fellowship program in 2011, only 16% of Founder Institute companies were founded by females. Since then, the results of this program have been astounding, as our overall number of female-founded companies has more than doubled, to a total of approximately 33%. This is more than twice as high as most other accelerators. Learn more about the Female Founder Fellowship program here.

Eligibility: In order to be eligible for the Female Founder Fellowship for the Puerto Rico Summer 2014 Semester, you must complete your application and Admissions Test by the Early Application Deadline of 11:59 PM on 2014-07-13. Any female who follows those guidelines will be automatically eligible - no further steps are required.

Grant: The Female Founder Fellowship is awarded to the most extraordinary female applicant for each semester, and the recipient will be awarded within 5 days after the Early Admissions Deadline (2014-07-13). All applicants will be notified via email when the Fellowships are awarded.

The Technical Founder Fellowship is awarded to the most extraordinary applicant for each chapter with a strong technical background, giving them the opportunity to enroll in the Founder Institute for free. The recipient will be recognized as somebody in San Juan with the utmost potential to become a successful technology entrepreneur.

The Founder Institute provides aspiring entrepreneurs the training and step-by-step guidance they need to launch a meaningful technology company.

In order to empower technical "all-stars" to start their own companies and tackle meaningful problems, the Founder Institute awards the Technical Founder Fellowship to the most extraordinary technical applicant from each semester, giving them the opportunity to participate in the Founder Institute for free ($899 USD value). Learn more about the Technical Founder Fellowship program here.

Eligibility: In order to be eligible for the Technical Founder Fellowship for the Puerto Rico Summer 2014 Semester, you must complete your application and Admissions Test by the Early Application Deadline of 11:59 PM on 2014-07-13. Anyone with a technical background who follows those guidelines will be automatically eligible - no further steps are required.

Grant: The recipient of the Technical Founder Fellowship will be awarded within 5 days after the Early Admissions Deadline (2014-07-13). All applicants will be notified via email when the Fellowships are awarded.

Other Fellowships may become available, depending on your location. Check back here for updates.

The Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 50 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 1,563 companies in 5 years. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and build sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.